Artist	Song
Dillinger Four	O.K.F.M.D.O.A.
New Found Glory	Ex-Miss
The Band	Christmas Must Be Tonight
Billy May	Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer Mambo
Dean Martin	Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer
Chet Baker	Winter Wonderland
Sammy Davis, Jr.	Christmas Time All Over The World
Capitol Studio Orchestra	Cha-Cha All The Way
The Alarm	Happy Christmas (War Is Over)
Everything But The Girl	25th December
Aimee Mann	The Christmas Song
Ray Anthony	Christmas Trumpets / We Wish You A Very Merry Christmas
Small Brown Bike / The Casket Lottery	Wrong Hometown
Atmosphere	If I Was Santa Claus
Rocking Horse Winner	Christmas Day
The Ventures	Frosty The Snowman
Eartha Kitt With Henri Rene And His Orchestra	Santa Baby
The Blind Boys Of Alabama (With Tom Waits)	Go Tell It On The Mountain
Frank Sinatra	Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas
Bob Atcher And The Dinning Sisters	Christmas Island
Martin Denny	Exotic Night
David Bowie / Bing Crosby	Peace On Earth / Little Drummer Boy

Comment:

Yet another mix comp, a holiday-themed one this time. Mind you, it doesn't have to be a Christmas song (hence the D4 track - it's all about the holiday tour of the city, baby) but it has to be related. This is an odd mix of the new, the traditional and the weird with several obvious omissions. No "Father Christmas"? Dude, no "Fairytale Of New York"? Not even that Waitresses song or Blink-182's meditation on assaulting and battering carolers? How can you call this a holiday mix when it overlooks so many no-brainers? Easy. BECAUSE THEY'RE NO-BRAINERS. I won't argue that this mix is the best thing ever done, but there's enough here to keep most people happy for a long enough period of time that they will eventually hear something else they like. And then there's the less available cheeseball stuff as musical transitions. And, maybe best of all, Atmosphere bringing a conscious, hip-hop sense of activism to the mix with a lyrical dream about what it would be like if he were Santa Claus. Izzat you, Santy Claus? (Yes, I remember the Lump Of Coal compilation - yes, I remember Rollins reading "'Twas The Night Before Christmas" over machine gun fire - so what?). Dig. Enjoy. All that junk.

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